House Democrats have introduced a bill to give Puerto Rico statehood (H.R. 1522)

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[RandFan]

@Breaking911

NEW: House Democrats have introduced a bill to give Puerto Rico statehood (H.R. 1522), which would give Democrats two more Senate seats and multiple House seats -Politico

[napscoordinator]

Yep!!!!! They are the worst!!!!!

[napscoordinator]

700,000 conservatives sat out. Yes they are to blame!

[usconservative]

Introduced March 2nd by Darren Soto, Representative for Florida's 9th congressional district. Democrat

NOT "breaking news" and WAS NOT sourced by Politico as the original poster claimed. Nice try.

[gibsonguy]

They are trying to do a get around the filibuster by saying human right bills won’t be part of the filibuster.”

Will they get away with that?

[Blood of Tyrants]

It would be a failed state within a year because of the corruption. There is no way that Puerto Rico could stand without cash from DC every year.

[wardaddy]

Senate won’t pass it with required numbers..

[wardaddy]

Last referendum favored statehood about 55/45

2020

[wardaddy]

Nope

They favor it now..

[wardaddy]

That is preposterous

[wardaddy]

No you’re wrong

You can look it up

[wardaddy]

The 2020 referendum was not sponsored by Wikipedia

Look it up and learn

[Brown Deer]

actually, it was:

https://www.politico.com/states/florida/story/2021/03/05/democrats-fracture-over-puerto-rico-statehood-1367099

Schumer is “trying to appease politics at home,” said Soto, who last week reintroduced a House proposal, H.R. 1522 (117), for Puerto Rico statehood. “I’m just ready to fight. I’m not frustrated.”

nice try.

[BTerclinger]

Official admission to the Union requires Congress to draft — and the president to sign — a bill called an “enabling act.” For Puerto Rico to become a state, it would need to convince Congress and the president that statehood is not only in the best interest of the Puerto Rican people, but in the best interest of the United States as a whole. The U.S. Senate and the House of Representatives would need to approve the statehood admission by a two-thirds majority vote [source: The Week].

https://people.howstuffworks.com/new-state-in-us.htm

[wastedyears]

Zero-care was deemed a tax to make it “constitutional.”

[rarestia]

Everything I’ve read said statehood is a simple majority vote, not 2/3. Where are you seeing the 2/3 vote?

[DoodleDawg]

Whoever wrote that piece has apparently never read Article IV, Section 3 of the Constitution. That lays out how new states are admitted.

[Captain Jack Aubrey]

So?

[napscoordinator]

Yes! They’ve gotten away with everything so far. I think the message will be its for the minorities in the country and the GOP will go back in their shell. Their messaging is always to put guilt in there. It works! For all the bills, I hope a miracle somehow stops the voting rights bill especially. We won’t ever be in charge again if it goes through.

[Blood of Tyrants]

Just stating a fact.

[DoodleDawg]

It would be a failed state within a year because of the corruption. There is no way that Puerto Rico could stand without cash from DC every year.

Neither would the other 50.